Sun, 26 Oct 2025, 23:39 PM A Gas Eliminator Final, Round 5 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of final, round 5 eliminations in A Gas Eliminator at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 B762 Ray Padgett                           786 Kenzer Small                 
E5   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.596 178.60                     0.006  7.588 180.21
          AG Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.004              AG Index: 7.60 (+/-): -0.012
 Prior rounds:
E4                   0.042  7.578 -0.022      (C Kurtis    ) 0.027  7.606  0.006
E3    (T Huggins   ) 0.014  7.605  0.005      (K Mallory   ) 0.014  7.619  0.019
E2    (J Teague    ) 0.033  7.602  0.002                     0.033  7.620  0.020
E1    (J Saliani   ) 0.067  7.596 -0.004      (G Peterson  ) 0.017  7.606  0.006
 Qualified:             #5  7.621  0.021                        #1  7.601  0.001

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

Small with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Padgett the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink